Thread: Thank you @FrancesHaugen for speaking to my subcommittee. I’m grateful for your courage & strength in standing up, speaking out, & sharing these bombshell documents. The evidence speaks volumes about how Facebook puts profits ahead of people. 1/ 
Facebook exploited teens using powerful algorithms that amplified their insecurities & dragged children into dark places. Facebook knows it’s doing harm to our kids' mental health & well-being, but they’ve continued using these tactics undeterred. 2/
It isn’t just that they use these practices, but they purposely fuel their bottom line with them. As Ms. Haugen so powerfully put it, Facebook maximizes profit & ignores pain. 3/
Facebook's failure to acknowledge & to act makes it morally bankrupt. Again & again, Facebook rejected robust reforms recommended by its own researchers. Last week, Ms. Davis said, “we're looking at,” no specific plans, no commitments, only vague platitudes. Unacceptable. 4/
Time & again we have seen that Facebook simply pays lip service to change, while people continue to get hurt. If they won't act, Congress has to intervene. 5
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